Stolen Innocence : My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free Paperback

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A tale of survival and freedom, Stolen Innocence is the story of one heroic woman who stood up for what was right and reclaimed her life.In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St.

George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at the age of fourteen.

This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of the lengths to which Jeffs went in order to control the sect's women.Now, in this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall tells the incredible and inspirational story of how she emerged from the confines of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and helped bring one of America's most notorious criminals to justice.

Offering a child's perspective on life in the FLDS, Wall discusses her tumultuous youth, and explains how Warren Jeffs's influence over the church twisted its already rigid beliefs in dangerous new directions.Once she was married, Wall's childhood shattered as she was obligated to follow Jeffs's directives and submit to her husband in "mind, body, and soul." With little money and no knowledge of the outside world, she was trapped and forced to endure the pain and abuse of her loveless relationship, which eventually pushed her to spend nights sleeping in her truck rather than face the tormentor in her bed.

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Marlene-NL

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16/06/2015

I've read a couple of books written by women who managed to escape this cult but this one was really interesting because of the story of Warren Jeffs , the creep who decided to name himself the prophet and later admitted he lied and fooled everybody.<br/>It is sad that the people of the FLDS are still behind this horrible man. They just do not know any better.<br/><br/>The mother of Elissa, how selfish she is. My God. she lost nearly all of her kids but did not care as long as she was still in the good books of the FLDS so she would go to heaven. me me me. <br/><br/>I am going to check on how the FLDS is doing now and if Jeffs appealed, probably.